Schengen Visa statistics for consulates – 2016

Below are presented the Schengen Visa statistics for consulates in 2016. The statistics were conducted based on the number of applications, the number of visas issued, and the number of visas not issued regarding Uniform Schengen Visas and Multiple entry uniform visas types throughout the Schengen member-states.

The rate of the visas not issued was extracted from the above-mentioned statistics.

Schengen State

Uniform visas applied for

Total uniform visas issued (including MEV)

Multiple entry uniform visas (MEVs) issued 1)

Total LTVs issued

Uniform visas not issued

Not issued rate for uniform visas

Share of MEVs

Grand Total

15,192,556

13,937,767

8,176,519

98,173

1,043,552

6.87%

58.66%

France

3,265,919

2,839,453

967,370

4,190

363,457

11.13%

34.07%

Germany

2,004,235

1,853,655

1,530,834

28210

122,370

6.11%

82.58%

Italy

1,806,938

1,676,207

1,198,029

4,431

126,300

6.99%

71.47%

Spain

1,583,848

1,424,761

494,897

4,503

127,607

8.06%

34.74%

Poland

1,096,465

1,062,896

794,650

1519

32,050

2.92%

74.76%

Greece

986,032

949,399

717,555

9,274

27,359

2.77%

75.58%

Netherlands

558,101

498,163

423,423

3358

48,733

8.73%

85.00%

Finland

550,046

539,127

460,554

1,791

7,984

1.45%

85.43%

Czech Republic

489,920

469,453

164,831

1,256

19,062

3.89%

35.11%

Switzerland

460,653

404,376

174,728

24090

32,187

6.99%

43.21%

Lithuania

421,143

414,974

328,139

141

4,472

1.06%

79.07%

Hungary

295,226

284,586

147,836

315

10,325

3.50%

51.95%

Austria

268,388

257,401

146,035

2814

8,173

3.05%

56.73%

Sweden

227,005

193,258

56,494

3,675

22,176

9.77%

29.23%

Belgium

219,687

179,357

81,801

1643

33,659

15.32%

45.61%

Portugal

204,596

176,985

95,198

823

26,788

13.09%

53.79%

Norway

188,737

177,022

47,306

2,414

9,301

4.93%

26.72%

Latvia

165,814

163,372

116,528

165

2,262

1.36%

71.33%

Denmark

145,143

133,702

59,919

153

8,281

5.71%

44.82%

Estonia

122,872

121,073

100,775

54

1,745

1.42%

83.23%

Slovakia

62,472

60,834

42,352

204

1,397

2.24%

69.62%

Malta

27,767

21,208

7,815

126

5,868

21.13%

36.85%

Slovenia

25,876

21,153

10,615

2991

1,732

6.69%

50.18%

Luxembourg

9,902

9,617

8,149

33

252

2.54%

84.74%

Iceland

5,771

5,735

686

12

0.21%

11.96%

1) for visas issued by Germany: only MEVs valid for more than 1 year are included.